It’s that wonderful time of year when the end-of-season awards release their early watch lists. This afternoon, the US Basketball Writers Association released their watch lists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy (National Player of the Year) and the Wayman Tisdale Award (National Freshman of the Year). Not surprisingly, UK players were on both.
Skal Labissiere, Jamal Murray, and Tyler Ulis made the Robertson Watch List, while Skal, Murray, and Isaiah Briscoe made the Wayman Tisdale watch list. Check them out in full below:
| Oscar Robertson Trophy (Men’s National Player of the Year) | |
| Grayson Allen, Duke Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova Ron Baker, Wichita State Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia Kyle Collinsworth, BYU Kellen Dunham, Butler Kris Dunn, Providence Perry Ellis, Kansas Yogi Ferrell, Indiana Michael Gbinije, Syracuse Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin Buddy Hield, Oklahoma Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame Damian Jones, Vanderbilt Skal Labissiere, Kentucky Caris LeVert, Michigan Frank Mason III, Kansas | Sheldon McClellan, Miami Monte Morris, Iowa State Jamal Murray, Kentucky Georges Niang, Iowa State Marcus Paige, North Carolina Gary Payton II, Oregon State Jakob Poeltl, Utah Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga Wayne Selden Jr. |